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1、考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析14（EnglishreadingcomprehensionandanalyticalZhentiteacher14）EnglishreadingcomprehensionandanalyticalZhentimaster(14)The,Supreme,Court's,decisions,on,physician-assisted,suicideCarry,important,implications,for,how,medicine,seeks,to,relieveDyin
2、g,patients,of,pain,and,suffering.Although,it,ruled,that,there,is,no,constitutional,to,rightPhysician-assisted,suicide,the,Court,in,effect,supported,theMedical,principle,of,double,effect,a,centuries-old,moralPrinciple,holding,that,an,action,having,two,effect
3、s-a,,good,one,thatIs,intended,and,a,harmful,one,that,is,,foreseen-is,permissible,ifThe,actor,intends,only,the,good,effect.Doctors,have,used,that,principle,in,recent,years,justify,toUsing,high,doses,of,morphine,to,control,terminally,patients',illPain,even,th
4、ough,increasing,dosages,will,eventually,the,killPatient.Nancy,Dubler,director,of,Montefiore,Medical,Center,contendsThat,the,principle,will,shield,doctors,who,until,now,have,very,Very,strongly,insisted,that,they,could,not,give,sufficient,patientsMediation,to
5、,control,their,pain,if,that,might,death.,hasten"George,Annas,chair,of,the,health,law,Boston,Department,atUniversity,maintains,that,as,long,as,a,doctor,,prescribes,a,drugFor,a,legitimate,medical,purpose,the,doctor,has,done,nothingIllegal,even,if,the,patient,
6、uses,the,drug,to,hasten,death.,It'sLikesurgery,"hesays.",Wedon't,callhomicides,those,deathsBecause,the,doctors,didn't,intend,to,kill,their,patients,althoughThey,risked,their,death.,If,you're,a,physician,you,can,risk,yourPatient's,suicide,as,long,as,you,don'
7、t,intend,suicide.,their"On,another,level,many,in,the,medical,community,acknowledgeThat,the,assisted-suicide,debate,has,been,fueled,in,,part,by,theDespair,of,patients,for,whom,modem,medicine,has,the,prolongedPhysicalagonyofdying.Just,three,weeks,before,the,C
8、ourt's,ruling,onPhysician-assisted,suicide,the,National,Academy,of,Science(NAS)Released,a,two-volume,report,Approaching,Death:,Improving,Care,atThe,End,of,Life.,It,identifies,the,undertreatment,of,,pai
